Go Red

Alarmingly, heart disease is the number one killer of women. So resolve to eat healthier, exercise more, quit smoking, lose weight, and keep your cholesterol, diabetes and high blood pressure under control.

The Food Gal will be doing her part in all of this, too. Yours truly will be joining a handful of other women on ABC’s “View From the Bay”( KGO-TV channel 7), 3 p.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesday, with hosts Spencer Christian and Janelle Wang. We’ll be participating in a fashion show organized by the American Heart Association and Macy’s. Basically, I’m just hoping I don’t trip over my own two feet walking down the runway.

You can do your part, too, by wearing red on Feb. 6, National Wear Red Day. Landmark buildings around the Bay Area, including San Jose City Hall’s dome, will be lit up in red that day for the occasion.

The American Heart Association also is holding a casting call for the Go Red For Women 2009-10 campaign. Share your story about how you’ve improved your well-being, and you might be chosen to appear in a TV show on women and heart disease. For more information, call (888) MY-HEART or click on GoRedForWomen.org.

You can read why a healthy heart is especially meaningful to me, by clicking here.